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Nehemiah 4:5

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3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.

4 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:

And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.

6 So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.

7 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Do not cover up their iniquity or let their sin be blotted out from Your sight, for they have provoked the builders.
KJV
And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.
WEB
Don’t cover their iniquity. Don’t let their sin be blotted out from before you; for they have insulted the builders.”
ASV
and cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee; for they have provoked [thee] to anger before the builders.
DARBY
And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee; for they have provoked the builders.
BLB
And do not cover over their iniquity; and their sin, do not let it be blotted out from before You, for they have provoked anger in front of the builders.
ÅB
Dekk ikke over deres misgjerning, og la ikke deres synd bli utslettet for ditt åsyn! For de har krenket deg for bygningsmennenes ører.
OTB
Dekk ikke over deres skyld, og la ikke deres synd bli utslettet fra ditt åsyn, for de har demoralisert bygningsarbeiderne.
B1930
Dekk ikke over deres misgjerning, og la ikke deres synd bli utslettet for ditt åsyn! For de har krenket dig for bygningsmennenes ører.

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Cross references

  • Psalms 109:14

    Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

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  • Jeremiah 18:23

    Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger.

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  • Psalms 69:27–28

    Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.

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  • Isaiah 44:22

    I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.

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  • 2 Timothy 4:14

    Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works:

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  • Isaiah 43:25

    I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.

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  • Psalms 51:1

    Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

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  • Psalms 59:5–13

    Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.

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